Cuthbert James "Pinky" Burnup (21 November 1875 – 5 April 1960) was an English amateur sportsman who played

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around the turn of the 20th century. Burnup played once for the

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but is more renowned for playing over 200

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matches, mainly for

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. He was named as one of ''

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in 1903.

Early life and education

Burnup was born in

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, then part of the county of

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, the son of J. M. Burnup. He was educated at Malvern School, where he captained the school cricket and racquets teams,Corinthians – Notable Players
, Corinthian-Casuals Football Club. Retrieved 2016-03-20. and, from 1894,

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, gaining

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in football and cricket.Obituaries in 1960 – Burnup, Mr Cuthbert James, '' Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack'', 1961
Available online
Retrieved 2016-03-20.Pinky Burnup – Cricketer of the Year 1903, '' Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack'', 1903
Available online
Retrieved 2016-03-20. Burnup played for

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for three years from 1896, leading the university in runs scored in both 1896 and 1898, and the University football team from 1895 to 1898. Venn J, Venn JA (1940) Burnup, Cuthbert James, '' Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900'', Part II, Vol 1, p.461.

Football career

Burnup played 79 matches for

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between 1894 and 1901, scoring 28 times. He played on the left wing and was considered a quick player who could dribble the ball effectively. He toured with Corinthian to South Africa in 1897 and helped the club win the

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in the same year.Rice T
Cricinfo – Burnup and other absent friends left Kent out in the cold

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. Retrieved 2016-03-20. He also played for Old Malvernians F.C. Whilst at Cambridge, Burnup was selected to represent England against Scotland at

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in April 1896. The match, part of the

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, ended with England losing 2–1, the first Scottish victory in the fixture for 20 years.Murray S (2013
England v Scotland: after 141 years of rivalry, clash must rediscover its edge
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'', 2013-10-10. Retrieved 2016-03-05. The match did much to signal the end of the reliance of

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on amateur footballers. It was his only game for England., Retrieved 2018-09-24.England players: CJ Burnup
England Football Online. Retrieved 2018-09-24.

Cricket career

Burnup made his

debut in 1895 for the

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against

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.First-class matches played by Cuthbert Burnup
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-03-20. He made his

debut in 1896 whilst at University and played regularly for the county until 1907. He scored over 1,000 runs in a season for Kent eight times and made 157 first-class appearances for the side.First-class batting and fielding for each team by Cuthbert Burnup
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-03-20. In 1896 he became the first Kent batsman to score a century before lunch in Kent, making his century against

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.The Maidstone Week - an interesting match, ''

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'', 1921-07-19, p.5. As an opening batsman Burnup was considered cautious but was able to score on all types of pitch and could, when required, score quickly. He scored Kent's first double hundred, making exactly 200 against

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in 1900, and scored over 2,000 runs in 1902. In 1903

named him as one of the five

.Wilde S (2013) "1903 Five cricketers of the year" in ''Wisden Cricketers of the Year: A Celebration of Cricket's Greatest Players'', pp.46–48.
Available online
Retrieved 2016-03-20.) He made 102 consecutive

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appearances for Kent between 1899 and 1903, becoming the first man to play in over 100 consecutive Championship matches for the county.Geraint Jones reaches impressive County Championship milestone

, 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2016-04-10. He captained Kent for one season in 1903, taking over from

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who had resigned as captain at the end of the previous season. Burnup played an important role in Kent's first County Championship winning campaign in

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, leading the domestic first-class

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s, scoring 1,207 runs at 67.05 despite playing in only 13 matches during the season.First-class batting and fielding in each season by Cuthbert Burnup
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-03-20. He was described by

as "essentially a sound, steady batsman" who contrasted with the flamboyant

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, Kent's leading run scorer of the season.Quoted in Burnton S (2016
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'', 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-09-13. He took part in tours to Holland, America and Australia and New Zealand during his career. Burnup appears in the record books as the only first-class bowler to have 10 runs scored off one ball. This happened when he was playing for MCC against

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in 1900 during a short-lived trial system where a net was placed around the playing surface. The runs were scored by Samuel Hill Wood.Lynch S (2000
Ten runs off one ball
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'', 2000-03-16. Retrieved 2016-03-20.

Later life

Burnup was a stockbroker and businessman in London. He died at North End,

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at the age of 84 in 1960.

References

External links

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Corinthian Casuals F.C. – Player profiles
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